Github user apiri commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/nifi-site/pull/17#discussion_r110673346
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+---
+title: Apache NiFi MiNiFi: Getting Started
+---
+
+# Getting started with MiNiFi
+
+This page explains how to configure and deploy MiNiFi agents.
+
+The Java agent is able to run most of [NiFi's available
processors](http://nifi.apache.org/docs.html), but is a larger binary
distribution (49MB) and consumes greater system resources (24MB max JVM
heapsize by default). If you need maximum flexibility to make routing and
processing decisions at your data's point of origin, the Java agent is a good
fit.
+
+The C++ agent is a smaller binary (3.2MB), consumes low system memory
(about 5MB at idle) but has [a limited subset of
processors](https://github.com/apache/nifi-minifi-cpp#caveats). If your primary
concern is gathering and pushing data to downstream consumers and minimizing
system impact, the C++ agent is a good fit.
+
+
+1. Install the appropriate OS level dependencies:
+
+ #### MiNiFi Java:
+
+ - Java 1.8+
+
+ #### MiNiFi C++:
+ ###### RHEL/CentOS:
+ - yum install -y epel-release
+ - yum install -y leveldb
+
+ ###### Debian/Ubuntu:
+ - apt install -y libleveldb-dev
+ - apt install -y libxml2
+2. Download the relevant compressed binary from the
[Downloads](download.html) page
+3. Copy and decompress the binary to your target deployment environment
+4. Set the MINIFI_HOME environment variable to your decompressed binary
directory
+5. From $MINIFI_HOME, ./bin/minifi.sh
{start|stop|run|restart|status|flowStatus|dump|install}
+
+*flowStatus* and *dump* are available only for MiNiFi Java.
+
+For MiNiFi Java, the agent logs to $MINIFI_HOME/logs/minifi-app.log.
+
+For MiNiFi C++, the agent logs to $MINIFI_HOME/minifi-app.log.txt
+
+# Configuring MiNiFi Agent Flows
+
+Agents execute the flow defined in $MINIFI_HOME/conf/config.yml. The
shipped config.yml file has an "empty" flow.
+
+While it's possible to create and modify config.yml programmatically or by
hand, the more common scenario is to:
+1. Use NiFi's web interface to define a flow
+2. Save the flow as a template and download its XML file
+3. Use the [Converter Toolkit](minifi-toolkit.html) to convert the
template XML to an equivalent config.yml
+4. Put the config.yml file in $MINIFI_HOME/conf and start the agent.
+
+# Pushing Data From MiNiFi to NiFi
+
+What follows is an illustrated walkthrough of configuring MiNiFi and NiFi
to generate and collect log data.
+
+If you're new to NiFi, watch the [NiFi introductory video
series](http://nifi.apache.org/videos.html) before proceeding. If you don't
already have NiFi, you can download it from
[here](http://nifi.apache.org/download.html).
+
+## Configuring NiFi to Receive Data
+
+First, check that $NIFI_HOME/conf/nifi.properties has a Site to Site input
socket port specified:
+```
+# Site to Site properties
+nifi.remote.input.host=
+nifi.remote.input.secure=false
+nifi.remote.input.socket.port=1026
+nifi.remote.input.http.enabled=true
+nifi.remote.input.http.transaction.ttl=30 sec
+```
+
+Restart NiFi so changes take effect.
+
+On NiFi's web UI, place an Input Port "From MiNiFi" and connect it to a
downstream processor:
+
+
+## Creating the MiNiFi Flow
+
+Create a new process group, and double click on it to enter it. Working
inside this new processor group will let us create a clean template that
includes flow components meant to run in MiNiFi.
+
+Inside the process group, create a Remote Process Group (RPG) and give it
the URL of your NiFi instance. The RPG will connect to NiFi and discover the
input port created earlier.
+
+Create a TailFile processor and connect it to the RPG, selecting the "From
MiNiFi" input port.
+
+
+Now create a template, download it as an XML file, and download the
[Converter ToolKit](download.html).
+
+From the toolkit directory:
+```
+[root@host minifi-toolkit-0.0.1]# ./bin/config.sh transform
/path/to/template.xml /output/path/config.yml
+
+Java home: /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.8.0-openjdk
+MiNiFi Toolkit home: /minifi-toolkit-0.0.1
+
+
+No validation errors found in template.
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We likely have some room for improvement on this front (from a tooling
perspective, less so this doc patch).
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